GUNLAND USA

A State-by-State Ranking of Gun Shows, Gun Retailers, Machine Guns, and Gun Manufacturers

Section Two: Licensed Fiream Retailers

Licensed Firearm Retailers, January 2000
Ranked by Total Number of Retailers

Rank	State	Firearm Dealers	Pawnbrokers	Total Retailers	Rate of Retailers per 100,000 population
1	Texas	5,196	1,296	6,492	32.4
2	California	3,780	266	4,046	12.2
3	Pennsylvania	3,581	16	3,597	30.0
4	Michigan	3,294	79	3,373	34.2
5	Florida	2,363	789	3,152	20.9
6	Ohio	2,891	158	3,049	27.1
7	Missouri	2,360	335	2,695	49.3
8	New York	2,625	12	2,637	14.5
9	Georgia	1,537	785	2,322	29.8
10	Illinois	2,227	87	2,314	19.1
11	North Carolina	1,773	494	2,267	29.6
12	Indiana	1,970	131	2,101	35.4
13	Minnesota	1,935	128	2,063	43.2
14	Virginia	1,876	175	2,051	29.8
15	Wisconsin	1,900	40	1,940	36.9
16	Oregon	1,840	52	1,892	57.1
17	Tennessee	1,437	418	1,855	33.8
18	Kentucky	1,317	376	1,693	42.7
19	Oklahoma	1,187	468	1,655	49.3
20	Colorado	1,308	240	1,548	38.2
21	Washington	1,344	196	1,540	26.8
22	Louisiana	1,225	254	1,479	33.8
23	Iowa	1,371	102	1,473	51.3
24	Arizona	1,276	139	1,415	29.6
25	Alabama	960	422	1,382	31.6
26	Mississippi	1,030	340	1,370	49.5
27	Montana	1,211	153	1,364	154.5
28	Arkansas	840	475	1,315	51.5
29	West Virginia	1,063	213	1,276	70.6
30	Kansas	1,128	123	1,251	47.1
31	Alaska	1,087	65	1,152	186.0
32	Idaho	824	167	991	79.2
33	Massachusetts	927	3	930	15.1
34	South Carolina	683	241	924	23.8
35	Nebraska	832	47	879	52.8
36	New Mexico	660	143	803	46.2
37	Maryland	720	51	771	14.9
38	Utah	635	120	755	35.4
39	Wyoming	629	80	709	147.8
40	Connecticut	661	13	674	20.5
41	Maine	591	43	634	50.6
42	Nevada	514	90	604	33.4
43	North Dakota	551	39	590	93.1
44	South Dakota	516	58	574	78.3
45	New Hampshire	528	7	535	44.5
46	New Jersey	498	1	499	6.1
47	Vermont	484	1	485	81.7
48	Hawaii	148	1	149	12.6
49	Delaware	130	6	136	18.0
50	Rhode Island	128	2	130	13.1
	Total	69,591	9,940	79,531	29.2

Source: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; rates and rankings computed by the Violence Policy Center.

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